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Alexis Madrigal deflates a classic technofear argument. You know the one about how devices enslave us, that we're addicted to mind-controlling machines. Maybe there's another explanation? To elide that one of the reasons we spend so many hours in front...read more

In The Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal looks at a study from Cornell researcher Jeffrey Hancock. The study examines what situations are prone to make people more or less likely to lie.
Madrigal argues that the structure of most TV news “h...